On a recent rainy day, my friend Sonoko Sakai warmed up a pot of Japanese chicken curry to have for our lunch. While the rain drizzled outside, the curry simmered away in her clay pot. The spices, ...

Okay, I’ll admit it: as much as I love curry, I rarely make it at home—unless it’s the zhuzhed-up chicken-and-vegetable version made with the mild Japanese curry roux blocks I grew up with (or the ...

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